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Australia plays risky balancing game with Asian suitors bearing FTA's

Marc Howe | October 05, 2012 | 1:38 am Base Metals Energy Precious Metals Asia Australia China Europe Coal Copper Gold Iron Ore Uranium 

Australia faces the parlous challenge of juggling trade relations with the three key economies of Eastern Asia, all of whom covet free trade agreements with the antipodean continent in order to shore up their access to resources. According to J.D....

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